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The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

2 reviews

town_scar's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Just an incredible piece of work. No notes. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Rape, Blood, Alcoholism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racism, Cursing, Cancer, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Cultural appropriation, and Death

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Thank you to Netgalley and Mariner for the eARC of The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker!

The characters were each complex, fully developed to stand on their own. The writing was excellent and held my attention throughout the novel. The story switches between the present and the 1950s through Iris’ flashbacks. I enjoyed the flashbacks the most but the present POV was also interesting, especially in the end!

I’m a scaredy cat when it comes to scary movies so this book was the best parts of scary movies for me, particularly ghost/haunting based films. It takes the great plot/storyline and ghostly vibes without any of the jump scares 👻

Lately I’ve been reading my kindle during workouts and have started listening to music as well to drown out the EDM gym music. I really like finding instrumental playlists that fit the type of book I’m reading! I’ve found a dark mystery music playlist that made the book feel slightly spookier and added to my reading experience of it.

Great ending! Loved finding out that my hunch was right about one of the characters and their story being loosely inspired by the legend of Sarah Winchester. I became attached to the Chapel sisters and felt sympathy for Iris, definitely a story that will stay with me for awhile! 

You’ll enjoy Cherry Robbers if you like:

🌸Sarah Winchester’s life and legend

🌸gothic ghost stories

🌸healing generational trauma

🌸difficult family relationships

🌸strong women

🌸you like scary movies for the plot

TW/CW: pregnancy, death, suicide attempt, death of sibling, marital rape (brief mentions), grief, blood, vomit, suicide, sexual content, body shaming (brief), forced institutionalization, gun violence, childhood trauma, panic/anxiety disorder (brief)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, Vomit, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders